Khadi sketchbooks

I have used various Khadi sketchbooks. Here’s the hardback one. It is about 8inches by 10 inches, 20cmx25cm.

Khadi hardback book 8″x10″

Back cover hardback book

The paper is soft and absorbent, a friendly surface. It’s not so easy to draw on with a fountain pen. The pen tends to pick up little bits of paper, and snag on the surface. But it’s great for watercolour.

Here is the soft back one (July 2019):

I prefer the “smooth” paper. This isn’t really smooth, it’s more like “cold-pressed”. It doesn’t snag the pen quite so much as the rough.